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Queen Elizabeth II’s former press secretary Charles Anson has revealed Camilla Parker Bowles, 70, “kind of jollies" Prince Charles along and "doesn't let him get too overburdened by the woes of the world".

"She's got a good philosophy about life: 'There are things you can change, other things you can't change… Don't get too hung up about it'," he told a US magazine.

The public relations expert who advised the Queen for more than six years before leaving to take up a role with Burger King in 1996, insisted that the Duchess will be known as Queen Consort when Charles, 69, eventually takes the throne.

"I think she'll be a great consort as queen," he told the Mail Online.

Charles and Camilla first met through their mutual friend at a polo match in 1970.

QUEEN: Camilla Parker Bowles has been praised by a former Palace aide (Image: Getty)

The pair started up an affair in the late 1970s but Prince Charles reportedly called things off upon his engagement to Princess Diana.

The former lovers got back together following Diana’s death in 1997.

In 2005, the couple announced their engagement and married in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall on April 9.

Though Charles’ parents didn’t attend the ceremony, they did attend the subsequent blessing at St George’s Chapel, and hosted a reception afterwards.

Camilla has previously spoken out about how she prioritises maintaining a sense of humour in the public eye.

FAMILY: Prince Charles is first in line to the throne (Image: Getty)

HUMOUR: The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are a ‘perfect balance for each other' (Image: Getty)

In an interview with the Mail on Sunday last year, she explained: "You've got to laugh through most things, and sometimes I do laugh a bit too much.

"There are situations where it's very difficult not to lose it completely, especially, you know, if something goes terribly wrong and everybody sits there for a split second [not sure how to react].

"You do have to swallow and pinch yourself very hard to not laugh."

The exact title Camilla will take when Charles eventually ascends the throne is unclear.

YOUNG LOVE: Camilla and Charles first dated in the Seventies (Image: Getty)

SWEET: Charles and Camilla have been married since 2005 (Image: Getty)

Since Camilla's marriage to Charles in 2005, Clarence House has maintained it is "intended" she will be known as "Princess Consort".

In March this year, Charles' website quietly removed a statement in which they said it is "intended the Duchess will be known as HRH The Princess Consort when the Prince of Wales accedes to the throne".

It was also removed from her personal biography and the Buckingham Palace website appears to have also removed the reference in its profile of Charles' wife.

A spokesman said at the time: "This is one question that Clarence House has not been asked by the public for some time, which is why it no longer features."

WORK: Camilla, pictured with the Queen, undertook 235 official royal engagements last year (Image: Getty)